Some interesting reads that may help us come up with ideas

1. few interesting thoughts here
http://mistressofscience.blogspot.com/2008/03/loneliness.html

2. Overcoming loneliness
http://www.counseling.txstate.edu/resources/shoverview/bro/overlonliness.html

3. 100 reasons not to go to grad school :)
http://100rsns.blogspot.com/search?updated-max=2011-12-26T05:00:00-08:00&max-results=8&start=8&by-date=false